Episode 20 – The Primary Being | Prof. Steven Long

Introduction

Aristotle's Analogy of Being

The Principle of Non-Contradiction

The Principle of Non-Contradiction in Being

Being Is Not Univocal Like Circularity

The Analogical Divisibility of Being Into Potency and Act Is the Foundation of the Derivation of All Finite Being From God

St. Thomas's Transcendental Way of Thought

The Real Foundation of the Relation of Createdness and of Causal Participation

The Subject Matter of Metaphysics Presupposes Prior Demonstrations of God

Aristotle's Distinction of Act and Potency Is Not a Genus

The Angels Are a Being of Form and Being of Essence and Existence

The Absolute Perfection of God